First Cork Midsummer Festival show announced

The Cork and Paris co production of 1975/Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig has been announced as the first production for the 2026 Cork Midsummer Festival.

The production — first presented in Teac Damsa’s studio in West Kerry last year — will run at the Cork Opera House from June 19 to 21.

Set to the iconic 1975 album by Irish traditional group The Bothy Band, the production is a dance and theatre performance where music and movement blend together.

Choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan, in this new dance theatre work, brings together seven dancers to honour, remember and be inspired by a visionary cultural happening in dark and challenging times.

In Keegan-Dolan’s world of movement, story and energy, the dancers move from wild expressive freedom to a reflective stillness, with their personal histories unfolding within the rhythms of traditional Irish music.

The Cork Midsummer Festival 2026 runs from June 12 to 21 and the full festival programme will be announced end of April.

For more information visit: https://www.corkmidsummer.com.